By Jeremy Li

Description

In this book, entitled “Hacking” we discuss how hacking affects us. Hacking is mostly know for its disadvantages but it does have advantages too.

Hacker and malicious activity has in the past few years been on the rise and this is specifically in the last one year. The attacks and threats have been on the rise and the impact to the online world is far-reaching. Attacks have been a source of concern to ordinary internet users and a problem too to corporate entities. Some of the threats will take the form of the conventional software like the viruses and malware among scripts which are aimed at exploiting flaws and achieving various malicious ends.

This book describes the various forms of hacking that are quite common with the current technology. These forms may be implemented in house by people who understand the current system or by outsiders who may just want to explore the vulnerabilities in the system, or have some malicious intension.

This book also describes the different types of hackers, and why some hackers play an important role to ensure whatever we do is safe. Hacking has directly impacted on the cost of doing business. Many businesses are spending way higher amounts of money on online security.

In the light of the latter, hacking has its advantages to the world of technology and is thus becoming a popular career choice. Sadly, the image of a hacker is greatly exaggerated and many look to it as a glamorous career choice that gives them power over the world: the reality is far from it.